Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool

Manchester City registered their biggest win over Liverpool since 1937 with a quite brutal display at Eastlands.

England's biggest spenders totally outclassed the 18-times champions, who look like losing Javier Mascherano and seem further away than ever of getting their first championship of the Premier League era. MORE

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Hodgson's honeymoon over
His first few weeks as manager of Liverpool have been a stern test even for a man of his experience.

The setbacks have come in an early rush: star summer signing Joe Cole sent off in his first league game against Arsenal, Javier Mascherano so unsettled by talk of a move to Barcelona that he either could not or would not play at Eastlands last night.

And then last night, Hodgson had to watch as Liverpool were well beaten by Manchester City to underline the fact that reclaiming their Champions League spot is going to be a decidedly uphill struggle.